It was expected, however, that when his stud was sold a
respectable dividend might be realised. This was the personage of
prepossessing appearance who had presented Popanilla with a perpetual
ticket to his picture gallery. On examining the banker's accounts, it
was discovered that his chief loss had been incurred by supporting that
competition establishment where purses were bought full of crowns.
In spite of his own misfortunes, Popanilla hastened to console his
friend. He explained to him that things were not quite so bad as they
appeared; that society consisted of two classes, those who laboured, and
those who paid the labourers; that each class was equally useful,
because, if there were none to pay, the labourers would not be
remunerated, and if there were none to labour, the payers would not be
accommodated; that Skindeep might still rank in one of these classes;
that he might therefore still be a useful member of society; that, if he
were useful, he must therefore be good; and that, if he were good, he
must therefore be happy; because happiness is the consequence of
assisting the beneficial development of the ameliorating principles of
the social action.
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